p.

[plenty] to do- and [?] does every one who can
dr[?] decently.__ I have not yet been to any
of the great [?] sto[r]es, but have [?] a
good many paintings in mind[?] __ [?] of
graphs and flowers but [?] to [?] my dea[r]
little Wife's.__ I got the Mi[?] Poem for Ann
yesterday, and [?]ack's Almanac, and today K[?]
=[?]kas Black Pete[r?]. The first is not to well
illustrated [?] I[?]pe[?], I [just] [?] [?] [compare] with
N. E Ball[r]d's, I think_ The Almanac is [?]y [?]ast
=y, and a [stupid] affair. The [picture] in Black
Pet[e]r as [?] graceful + pretty , as all Ko[n?ska's]
as.__ We have had delightful weather since
I came, bright and bracing, and not what [?]
should call cold in Vermont, though yesterday
and today have been quite [?]h[?] for the[?] l[?]tit[?].
I took [?] m[?] cold evening, and f[?] [?] [?ell]
[?d], though I [?] than sad